Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-19

VOLUME VIII.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
sgonr ISLAND is all broken up over a
n us outbreak of hog-cholera and
pleurO.pneumonia'
ru, ooid coin and bullion in the treas
lhI has s1l013,0o5 gold certificates in
pr., pr.,.io+ion. i amounts TO s175, 2S4,97z.
,nrurR SULLIVAN is seriously, but
on Son oerously i'll at Monte Carlo, from
NV NV o1acts ~7 cf earthq uake shock prostra-
ton
Erench Government party received
nl-o1 reverse in the Chamber of Dep
a.. l.a'o ~, the nth, in vote on an admins
tration measure
pu.crpp memorial services were held
:. rorions Brooklyn churches on the 11th.
u. u '@r,a Cbarles E Hall delivered the sermon
IN plymouth Church, which was literally
packed
n rvxcu PRryGLE, of South Carolina,
roc boen transferred from the position of
~onsnr.7eneral 20, and secretary of the lega-
tior at Guatemala to that of Consul-Gen-
eraI at Constantinople.
THE retail butchers of New Verk and
prookIvn are moving to resist the en-
croachments of the ''ranch to the table"
scheme Of Marquis de Mores and other
Tasern dressed beef firms.
Hoy NATHAN T. SrRATToy, who was a
member of the Thirty-second and Thirty
third Congresses from New Jersey, died
at Mullica Hill, N j., on the night Of the
9Th, aged seventy three years.
Mrs MARY P PELToN, sister Of the late
Samuel J. Tiden, died in New York on the
Eth Reports indicate that she and her
sisters have been very shabbily treated
BY the executors of the dead statesman.
TIE Governors speech at the opening
eithe New South Wales Colonial Parlia
meat announced the Introduction Of bill
toprotect the colony ayainst the influx of
French criminals released from New
Caledonia.
Ir is sail that Commander Chadwick,
naval attache Of the American legation
in London, now Ell route to this country,
bears with him several designs by foreign
shp-5uilders for the new 5000 ton vessels
10 be added TO our navy.
TIE circulation of standard silver dol
lars is now S57, 214, $40 out of total coin
age Of S258, Al, ,G47. The silver certificates
ncirculation amount to 1923, 200 393, de-
Acting which leaves s7.5, 9jj, 745 net stand
ard dollars in the treasury.
Ex-SPEAKER CARLISLE was banaueted
by the Bay State Club in Boston on the
9th, Admiring Massachusetts, Demo
rats claim that the ex-Speaksfsbears &
;triking resem mblance to the next De mo
ratio candidate for Vice-President.
PRINCE ALBERT VICToR. son of the
Prince of Wales, has been sent o Gibral
tar on duty with the Sixtieth Rifles, in
order to restrain his too apparent ten
dsncy to fast living in England. The heil
must be taught moderation.
The totalvalues of the exports of domes-
Tie breadstutfs during the month of Feb
Tuary 1887, amounted to S11,S31, AS, as
against $40 los, 157 for the same time in
HS6 and for the eight months ended Feb
uary q, 1897, Sl04,6i0,449, against So, 49,
80 lor corresponding period in 1885,
BRIGADlER-GESERAL GREELY received
his commission on the 9th as Chief Signal
oncer OF the army, and duly entered on
Tue duties of his rank 1t is not under
a0od what cause1 the delay in issuing the
Snm'sslon from the War Department.
Maelay made considerable difference of
a.
'-&ETARY WHITNEY has received four
t.Sals ior the proposed 6,000-toa naval
tc.s7f'. ,,.as Congress authoriz ed an award
y si9N9 to the designer whose plan,
't 'Iyula DC accepted, and it is understood
S4' t1a' number of American and foreign
sVsisAerS taf AMI constructors propose to
~Ae part IN the competition.
.i iHt clerks of the House of Representa-
Nv s'es ,.La nave just completed comparison of
~, 0AS pocketed by President Cleveland
S.slt :. we recent session of Congress with the
r.aCs raliOef Of bills which have failed in other
;S i'-Is III similar way This time no less
Sa| 'a1 ,ioFty different bills and resolutions
ier' 'r' W lhe pocket veto, as against prev
''"S maximum total of eight.
H.. .'LAf thing needed to convert Oakview
q. "a a nome has been sent there, and on
,., ~ i'sA the President and Mrs. Cleveland
|sa'a | up their abode at their country
~. W. low long they will remain is not
=. =. Ahown. The President in the mean
-.s ,n VIII drive in and out Of town morn
r. gsni ala evening to and from the White
Tsn", OSs0 and attend Executive business as
,bo secretary of State is informed that
bs fln!era Siolera has spread through parts of
1Ailian Province of Aconcagua and
raiIaa aiIfa'd.so' and IS extending along the
aso''. a' u Aconcagua toward the sea. At
fis.a ,~'ioh On the railroad between San
Inn, ~ "a aad Valparaiso, thirty-fve miles
far ule latter, about go cases have so
hsva zen reported, of which about $50
@''e proved fatal.
En- y 1p.ahley expedition for the relief of